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Facebook Handled Its IPO Exactly Right

Andrews Ross Sorkin wrote a piece for the NY Times that was just ridiculous. He put the blame squarely on the back of the CFO of FB. Talk about getting it 180 degrees wrong. It’s easy to dump on the Facebook IPO as its stock price continues to fall and fall and fall. “Facebook messed…

Introducing Migaloo, the world’s first canine archeologist

A three-year-old female black labrador cross named Migaloo has become the world’s first trained archeology dog. Working with Brisbane dog expert Gary Jackson, she is expected to help archeologists uncover ancient grave sites across Australia. And looking to the future, it’s expected that Migaloo and other archeology dogs will work on excavations at ancient civilisation…

Landline Handset Desperately Wishes It Was a Smartphone

Like a child who hopes to feel like a grownup by putting on their parent’s clothing, Philips’ new S10 cordless handset could easily be mistaken for a modern smartphone. But it’s not. It’s a complete fraud! Silly landline, you’re not fooling anyone with your grownup disguise. Now as landline phones go the S10 is certainly…

This Tiny Smartphone Shelf Can Hold Thousands of Books, Photos, CDs, and Movies

It might seem like a waste of time to install a shelf that’s barely six inches long. But damned if this magnetically enhanced Plank doesn’t seem like the perfect place to stash your smartphone and keys when you get home every night. Since the magnets are located on the underside of the shelf they’re promised…

Watch a man age 12 years in 8 minutes, thanks to 4,514 self-portraits

Oh, the joys of extreme long-term video projects. Photographer Noah Kalina — who previously (and famously) took a snapshot of himself once a day over six years — has tacked another six-point-five years onto this unfinished visual diary. It’s a stark reminder that every single person on the planet drank an eensy bit out of…

10 Most Epic Love Stories in All of Science Fiction

Science fiction gives us space wars and robot uprisings, but there’s nothing as huge and awesome as a love story that spans star systems or timelines. Here’s our list of the top 10 greatest romances in science fiction. Note: This list is just our personal preferences, plus those of our friends whom we polled online.…

Ask Our Photographer How He Snapped the Best Cameraphone Shots You’ll See All Day

While we were stuck at our desks, photographer Taylor Davidson used our Intel-Inspired Ultrabook™ Shooting Challenge as an excuse to barge off to Boston, where he set about shooting some sports at the city’s parks and playgrounds. Well, he’s back, and hanging out in the comments at Deadspin, ready to take your questions. So flip…

This week: Nokia, Motorola, Amazon. Next week: Apple. September 19th, we just heard? HTC. EVERYONE’S GOT NEW STUFF.

New Walking Dead clips tease a much scarier season

Last year on The Walking Dead, we spent a lot of time pulling bloated walkers out of tainted wells and talking about our feelings. But this year promises to be much different, what with the addition of The Governor, the prison, and Merle! And these super short clips also seem to be promising more blood,…

Ask Apple Vs Samsung Jury Foreman Velvin Hogan Whatever You Want

A few weeks ago, Samsung got hit with $1.05 billion penalty for violating Apple’s patents and copyrights. It took the jury just a few days to decide on the massive penalty. Jury foreman Velvin Hogan probably had more to do with the.the speed of the decision-and its outcome-than anyone. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-vs-apple-verdict-apple-wins-huge-5937762 By now, you might have…

And now, historical samurai armor built for a dog

Dogs have been used in military operations for centuries, but this outlandish suit of canine samurai armor from the Edo period is truly something special. Historically, there’s a loose precedent for forcing your puggle into that undignified Darth Vader costume every Halloween. This one-of-a-kind rawhide suit and lacquered wooden mask was for sale on the…

The iPhone 5 Is Coming on September 12

If you’re holding out on buying an iPhone until the new one is out, mark down Apple’s just-announced September 12 event on your calendar: that could be the day the phone is revealed. Posted by The Loop, the invite says the event will begin at 10 AM PDT at the Yerba Buena Center in San…

Every Time You Torrent, Feds Log Your IP in Just Three Hours

Anyone who has downloaded pirated music, video or ebooks using a BitTorrent client has probably had their IP address logged by copyright-enforcement authorities within three hours of doing so. So say computer scientists who placed a fake pirate server online—and very quickly found monitoring systems checking out who was taking what from the servers. The…

In this week’s comics, Alan Moore teams up with the Sex Pistols (sort of)

What comics are in the stores tomorrow? First off, we have Fashion Beast, the comic adaptation of Alan Moore’s unfilmed screenplay he wrote with Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren. Here’s the synopsis from Avatar Press: Working with Malcolm McLaren […] Alan Moore turned his attention to a classic re-telling of a fable through his unyielding…

Let’s Hope This Isn’t the Final Version of BlackBerry 10

BlackBerry 10 is due up for release next year and now another piece of the puzzle has possibly leaked: there’s an apparent spy shot of the homescreen from CrackBerry and a video from BlackBerry Italia which briefly show more of the UI. And though it doesn’t show a ton, we’ve got our fingers crossed that…

What Product Announcement Are You Most Excited for This Week?

There may be an Apple event rumored for next week, but this week’s scheduled events might actually be even more exciting. Nokia is holding an event to unveil its rumored flagship Windows Phone 8 device, Motorola has some new announcements up its sleeve, and, of course, Amazon is expected to roll out its new line…

Global warming may actually boost biodiversity (if it happens slowly enough)

Previous analyses of the fossil record suggest that biodiversity tends to dip during warm, “greenhouse” phases of global temperature. Now, research published this week turns that conclusion on its head; a warming planet, it seems, may actually encourage variation in Earth’s lifeforms. But the rate of warming matters, as well — and that, note researchers,…

This Giant Sharpener Could Be the Safest Way To Peel Your Vegetables

School supplies like scissors, compasses, even binders, all have the potential for injury. But have you ever heard of someone hurting themselves with a pencil sharpener? Probably not, which is why this Karoto carrot/cucumber/other elongated vegetable peeler is a stroke of genius. It’s essentially nothing more than the sharpener you used to hone your colored…

Chinese Clone Company Will Sue Apple Over iPhone 5 Design

The clone manufacturer who released an iPhone 5 knock-off last week now says that they will sue Apple if they release the real iPhone 5 in China. Surreal? Hilarious? Pathetic? All of the above. https://gizmodo.com/chinas-already-knocking-off-the-iphone-5-5938613 Hong Kong-based GooPhone, who designed their cheapo Android phone after the alleged Apple iPhone 5 parts leaked during the last…

Oscar Pistorius loses gold medal race, blames it on opponent’s use of technology

They say that turnabout is fair play. And indeed, after all the talk that Oscar Pistorius’s prosthetic Cheetah’s were giving him an unfair advantage against normal functioning athletes, it would appear that he has himself become the victim of an opponent with a technological edge. https://gizmodo.com/will-oscar-pistorius-prosthetic-legs-give-him-an-unfair-5928715 This past Sunday September 2 at the Paralympic Games…